I have finally created a thread so all this is together as promised. I'll add to it as I make more. Feel free to add your own. I had a look at the Kanotix gallery but it's a bit difficult for my monolingual brain, perhaps somebody can move some of these onto it.
You may want to visit my website to get hold of everything too. You will also find more generic debian art there as well.
You can also find some demos here.

To change kdm themes easily:
download this kdm theme manager.
or Kanotix Users: apt-get install kdmtheme
All of my themes are compatible with this utility.

Go into "kcontrol > System Admin > Login manager > Background" in administrator mode and change the image to the background used by the kdm theme you are using. This will give a more integrated feel to the boot process.
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Kanotix Document
Kanotix Document icons
(designed for the offline FAQ page that appears on the desktop of the
live cd or any other kanotix specific page you access with konqueror)

White Firefox
White Firefox icons

Home
Home icons
based on VanGogh's "Starry Night"

How to use these icons
Don't install these as a full icon set. (apart from my full set which is installable as a deb) They only contain the one icon (in all sizes needed for KDE) not a full set. I suggest that you simply open the archive and copy each icon into /usr/share/icons/hicolor/size/apps. The folder structure in the archive will make it clear which go where. You will need to do this as root. I recommend that you use the SuperUser mode Konqueror. It normally lives in kmenu>system>more apps. (or open a shell and type sux and then konqueror)
If you place them in these directories they will become available regardless of your scheme. The kmenu icon is now standard in Kanotix so a dist-upgrade will put it there if you use the standard set. I'll leave it here anyway so its easier for people to integrate it into their custom sets

Until I sort out the gallery access I have added some extra flying penguins stuff in the first three posts. There is a wallpaper, two matching splash screens and a new kdm theme.
Just look for the kanopenguins 2006 tags.

And two more splash screens. They are the two kanopenguins ones at the end of the third post. They might be bit dark I'm thinking, must have been listening to too much Cure. They'll probably look black on an ATI card Let me know what you think.

It's still a little big to work. I'll let you know when it's actually ready (tomorrow all going as planned).
The grub image is buried in the cpio archive /boot/message but you will need the latest grub that comes with 2006 to use a jpg.

This is a candidate for the 2006 release. I just want opinions on how to improve it at this stage. Does it need extra details like "Linux/GNU" or "Knoppix"? I don't want form to supercede function.

well, ok, i'll wait for the 2006 release then.
i don't think you need to add an extra "GNU/Linux", you already have "debian" on it. and the grub screen is not for a detailed legal notice or something, imho

Well the image is now usable if you have gfxboot3 which comes with Kanotix 2006. It's probably best to wait til it's all finished and there is a deb for it but if you know what you are doing knock yaself out.

Great work! I love the Debianpool. A quick question (or request), is there any CD artwork available anywhere for Kanotix? My printer can print directly on inkjet printable CD's and I would love to be able to pop out a professional looking disc to give to someone instead of just scribbling Kanotix on a CD with a Sharpie.

Thank you again for all your great artwork.

Howard

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CD labels and covers? hmmm good idea. There are some jewel case covers in the gallery but they are pretty plain.
I've finished the kanopenguins stuff for now (barring any modifications that may be needed) so I might have a crack at it. Stay tuned..